Mu Xin (b. 1927) is one of the leading artist-intellectuals of the Chinese diaspora. Now living in New York City, he is known for his complex writings and paintings. A formidable figure in the cultural and intellectual history of Chinese modernism, Mu Xin is admired for his unique synthesis of Chinese and Western aesthetic sensibilities and intellectual traditions. This beautif...(展开全部)

[美] 凯瑟琳·卡利·贾利兹（Kathryn Calley Galitz） 欧洲艺术学家、作家、讲师。任职于纽约大都会艺术博物馆，负责重要国际展览的策展与艺术教育。

When and why did large-scale exhibitions of Old Master paintings begin, and how have they evolved through the centuries? In this book an eminent art historian examines the intriguing history and significance of these international art exhibitions. Francis Haskell begins by discussing the first 'Old Master' exhibitions in Rome and Florence in the seventeenth century and then mov...(展开全部)

In the middle ages there were gaols and dungeons, but punishment was for the most part a spectacle. The economic changes and growing popular dissent of the eighteenth century made necessary a more systematic control over the individual members of society, and this in effect meant a change from punishment, which chastised the body, to reform, which touched the soul. Foucault sho...(展开全部)

Burlesque / Art of the Teese A tour of the world of burlesque and fetish includes in the first part a history of burlesque complemented by Dita's provocative tips on erotic fashion and sensuality, and in the second part a celebration of fetish style. Copious photographs throughout from the worlds best pinup, glamour and fashion photographers make this thick tome essential for a...(展开全部)

Burlesque / Art of the Teese A tour of the world of burlesque and fetish includes in the first part a history of burlesque complemented by Dita's provocative tips on erotic fashion and sensuality, and in the second part a celebration of fetish style. Copious photographs throughout from the worlds best pinup, glamour and fashion photographers make this thick tome essential for a...(展开全部)

关于这本书，美国历史学家史景迁（Jonathan D.Spence）在其《中国纵横》（Chinese Roundabout）中撰文《做中国人》作了精彩的介绍。 大凡研究中国的人都不免要问这样的问题：“做中国人意味着什么？”究竟是怎样一种价值观念，或者说是怎样一种文化，与历史的经验和共同的民族起源互相影响着，将中国人紧紧的维系在一起？ 杰里·邓尔麟的著作《钱穆与七房桥世界》是迄今我所见到的对上面这个问题最精细、最理性也是最合理的一个回答。邓尔麟给我们讲述的是历史学家、哲学家钱穆的故事。钱穆自1895年出生至1949年解放，一直生活在中国大陆，后来他相继寓居香港和台湾。钱穆是在江苏省一个名为“七房桥”的小村长大的。这个祖业辉煌的家族，它的晚辈在商业上的广泛投资，它所拥有的巨大良田资产，以及这个家族的慈善宽厚和慷慨，都使得钱氏家族，不论在精神上还是在经济上...(展开全部)

本•A. 敏特尔（Ben A. Minteer），亚利桑那州立大学生命科学院教授，主要研究领域为环境伦理与保护，论文刊登于《科学》《自然》《美国国家科学院院刊》等刊物。《景观革新》是他研究美国环境思想的代表作。

What is landscape? How does it differ from 'land'? Does landscape always imply something to be pictured, a scene? When and why did we begin to cherish images of nature? What is 'nature'? Is it everything that isn't art, or artefact? This book explores many fascinating issues raised by the great range of ideas and images of the natural world in Western art since the Renaissance....(展开全部)

Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park in Germany, the Plateau de Kirchberg in Luxembourg, Parco Dora in Turin, Italy and numerous other projects designed and built by Peter Latz and Partners stand as examples of an up-to-date and intelligent approach to alternative environmental technologies and the reclamation of extensive industrial landscapes. In Peter Latza (TM)s landscape architect...(展开全部)